Thill-coupling clip



(No Model.)

v. vM. BRAPPBTT.. THILL OOUPL'IN'G CLIP.

No.' 282,951.V A Patentedugl14,1883..

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. .To all whom it may concern.-

` UNITED STATES voLNEY M. BEAEEETT, or

PATENT OFFICE. d

INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

THILL-couPLlNe CLIP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 282,951,

dated `A'ugust 14,1 1883.

' Apinicanon fue@ May 25, 1883. (No model.)

Be it known that I, VOLNEY M. BRAFEETT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Securing 'Phill-Couplings" to Axles, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my improvement is to prevent the clip, which is usually formed on thillcouplings for the purpose ofsecuring them to `an axle, from moving on and wearing the axle, and thereby becoming loose thereon.

rIhis object I attainfby means of the device illus. trated in the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a thille coupling secured to an axle by my device. Fig. 2 is a perspective of my connecting-bar. `'lhillfcouplings are usually formed with a clip having two threaded shanks, and are adapted to embrace the wooden and iron portions of an ordinary` carriage-axle, and are clamped to said axle by means oi' a `short bar, through which said threaded Shanks pass, and aresecured by nuts screwed thereon. It has i been found in practice that by reason of the `short bearing thus formed on the axle that the frequent side strains to which the coupling is subjectedcause the clip to twist slightly on the axle, thereby indenting the wood, and in a shorttime loosening the clip. Ihave discovered that by placing a second clip on the axle at a distance of about seven or eight inches from the thill-coupling, and connecting the two clips by means of a bar adapted to receive the threaded portions of both clips through it, and then screwing nuts on said threaded Shanks, the thill-coupling is held firmly to its position, and does not twist on the axle and wear loose.

In the drawings, c b is the axle; c, the thillcoupling clip; d, the second clip, and e the bar 'connecting the two clips, which are clamped in place by the nuts f f f f.

I claim as my invention- The combination, with an axle and a clip having a thillcoupling formed thereon and adapted y to embrace said axle and to be clamped thereon, of a second `clip als-o adapted to embrace and to be clamped u'pon said axle, and a bar, c, adapted to connect the two clips, substantially in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

VOLNEY M. BRAFFETT.

Witnesses:

E. E. SICKLER, Hol). Hoon. 

